EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: TOP LOCAL AND STATE NEWS

June 14, 2012 -- (San Diego’s East County)--East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego’s inland regions, published in other media. This week’s top “Roundup” headlines include:

LOCAL

Carlton Oaks land agreement will connect Mission Trails to River Trail (Santee Patch)

Carlton Oaks land agreement will connect Mission Trails to River Trail (Santee Patch)

June 12, 2012 -- A deal for the city of San Diego to lease 64.3 acres it owns at the Carlton Oaks Country Club in Santee to the facility's owner has been unanimously approved by the San Diego City Council.

The 40-year lease to TY Investment Co. ends the prospect of a sale, which was opposed by environmentalists. Most of the land, owned by the city since 1933, is along the banks of the San Diego River near the Santee-San Diego city limits.

June 11, 2012 -- A chain-reaction freeway crash involving several vehicles in the East County highlands killed two motorists Monday and left a third jailed on suspicion of drunken driving, authorities reported.

The deadly series of accidents began shortly before 3 a.m., when Angela August, 25, lost control of her eastbound 2009 Toyota Yaris for unknown reasons on Interstate 8, just west of Tavern Road in Alpine, according to the California Highway Patrol and county Medical Examiner's Office.http://www.10news.com/news/31179417/detail.html

June 7, 2012 -- As if there isn't enough bad news for school districts across San Diego County. Yesterday, Moody's Ratings Agency downgraded general bond obligations for the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District.

June 11, 2012 -- SDG&E had promised at the start of the work to limit construction to 75- to 150-foot sections of the road to minimize the impact. Crews installed several miles of underground vaults to house the transmission cables.

A closer look at executive pay at Sempra, Qualcomm and other companies (UT San Diego)

June 9, 2012 -- Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis gave Sempra Energy’s pay practices an “F” grade, which isn’t unusual. It handed the company either a failing grade or a “D” on executive compensation for the past three years.

The local newspaper makes national news- NYT criticizes UT San Diego for using newspaper as pulpit for business interests (Voice of San Diego)

June 11, 2012 -- After the U-T San Diego's new CEO, John Lynch, told me last November that the paper's sports pages would call out Chargers stadium opponents as obstructionists, a media analyst I spoke to made a promise: The U-T's new ownership will eventually become national news.

June 11, 2012 -- California's $15.7 billion deficit is about 30 percent of the total gap all states face in the coming fiscal year, Standard & Poor's said in a report on Monday, saying the state likely will have to cut spending further to balance the 2013 fiscal budget.

June 6, 2012 -- For the first time, California's Highway Patrol officers are going to be furloughed.

The union reached an agreement at with Gov. Jerry Brown that furloughs Patrol officers 8 hours per month for one year starting July 1. Officers can bank the hours to take later, but their paychecks will reflect the 5 percent pay reduction regardless.